Film attachment for cameras.



A. M. VALE, FILM ATTACHMENT FOR CAMERAS.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 12, 1909.

Patentedmg. so, 1910.

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I. ANDREW MARTIN VALE, OF SHERIDANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, `ASSIGNOIR/ OE ONE- HALF T0 JOSEPH C. GREINER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

-FILM ATTACHMENT IER4 CAMERAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 12., 1909. Serial'No. 489,491.v

Film Attachments for Cameras, of which i the following is a ful1,'clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to film attachment for cameras and its primary object is to provide means for the applicationof a film to ay camera employing a ground glass or similar 4 focusing screen; 1t vbeing a vWell'lrnown fact that the construction of the, ordinary film camera is such as'to preclude the possibility of focusing through the lens on a screen at the rear of the camera, as in the ordinary plate camera.

I shall nouY describe my invention so that others skilled in the art to lwhich it appertains may understand and construct the same, reference being had to the accompany i ing drawings forming part of this specification and in Which- Figure l is a side elevation illustrating my invention in connection "with acamera; Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line IlI-Ill of Fig. 2.

In describing my invention, the reference numeral 2 indicates the filmcarrymg frame which, in general appearance, is similar to and is adapted to be received by the camera in the same manner as the ordinary plate-l holder' of a plate camera. Through this frame the film a is adapted to be intermittently fed from the film delivery spool 3 to the take-up spool i mounted in the chamber- 5 at one end of the frame. y The film delivery and take-up spools 8 and et may be mounted so as to be interchangeable as in thel ordinary film camera. It will be noted thatt-he film spools Vare disposed on. opposite sides of the frame 2. By this arrangement a standardfilm may be employed as the film is caused to be received by the take-up spool 4 with the sensitized face thereof turned toward the spool, the result of which is that the film numbers carried by the back face of the film may be readily determined as they pass vto the take-up spool. by means of which the film numbers may he ascertained as thetilm is caused` to pass from the delivery to the takeup spool, is carried by the cover 7 of the chamber 5. This aper- Thc aperture ture is covered with the usual non-actinic strip and is indicated by the numeral V6. Carried by the forward end of the frame 2 is the vfilm guidingroller 8 around which the lm passes from the delivery to the take-,up reel. Apartition 9 extending longitudinally. of the frame 2 separates the incoming from the outgoing portion of the film, and completes the arrangement. Light, incident to the exposure of the forward portion of the lm, is prevented by this partition from reaching the incoming film. at the back of the frame. The shutter 10, the olice of which is the same as that of the slide or shutter of a plaie-holder, is shown as e`ntering the frame 2 through the chamber 5 but I do notdesire to limit myself to this precise arrangement.

The operation of my device will be readily understood. vAssuming that the film a is threaded from the delivery spool through the frame 2, passing around the roller 8, to

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the take-u p spool 4 and that the Shutter 10 is in its closed position, the frame 2 may be inserted in the camera, occupying the same position asin the aise of an ordinary plateholder. Should it. be desired to focus the camera by means of la rear screen, the frame 2 is caused to be Withdrawn from the camera topcrmt of such focusing, in the manner shown by the dotted .lines in Fig'. 1. By means of the'shutter or slide l0 focusing may be doneV between each exposure.

The advantages of my invention Will be I found to reside not only in the fact that an ordinary plate-camera may be readily conyerted into a film camera but that focusing v by means of a ground glass or slmilar screen may be done in .connection with suchfilm application. I y

Many changes may be made inthe construction withoutdeparting from my invention.

The deviceis small and compact and when applied to a camera is symmetrical in ap# pearance.

Having thus described my inventiomyvhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: y v

1. ln a device ofthe character described, a delivery frame adapted to be slidingly received by and present the film to the camera, and having at one end a closed chamber'provided with film delivery and 'take-up spools, the spools being disposed substantially on waffley opposite sides of the delivery frame, as set forth.`v

2. In a device of the character described, a delivery frameA adapted to be slidingly received by and present the ilrn to the camera, and having at one end a closed chamber adapted vto take-up spools whereby the film is caused to be fed to the delivery frame, the spools being dis osed substantially on opposite sides f ofthe' eliveryvframe, as set forth.

3. In a device of the character described, a delivery frame provided with a shutter and adapted to be slidingly received'by and present the film tothe camera, and a closed chamber at oneend of the frame and provided with delivery and take-up spools whereby the film is caused to be fed to the delivery frame, the spools bein dis osed substantially on opposite sides o the elivery frame, as set orth.

4. In a device of the character described, a delivery frame provided with Va shutter and adaptedto be slidingly received by and present the fihn to the camera, a closed chamber at one end of the frame and adapte ed to receive the delivery and take-up spools whereby the film is caused to be fed to the delivery frame, which spools are disposell substantially on opposite sides of the delivery frame, and means for guidin the film in its passage through the de 1very detachably receive delivery and land adapted to present the film to the delivery frame, the frame being -provided with a partition by means of which the incoming portion of the frame is separated from the outgoing portion, as setforth.

6. In adevice of the character a delivery. frame adapted to be received by desribed,

and to present the film to the camera, a closed 5o chamber at one end of the frame and provided with delivery and take-up, spools whereby the film is caused to be fed to the delivery frame; the spools being disposed substantially on opposite sides of the delivery frame, and a shutter for the delivery frame leadinof from the closed chamber to the delivery rame. K

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. l

ANDREV MARTIN VALE. Witnesses:

ARTHUR KELLER, .M. A. BARTH. 

